Book Nook ep 6: Marc Antony’s Speech/Eulogy

Hey, Everyone! Welcome back to another episode of the Book Nook. Today we are discussing Marc Antony’s speech from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. This speech is a great one for analysis since there are so many interpretations of Antony from the past 400...

Book Nook, ep 5: The Book of Ruth, The Vulgate

Welcome, All! Today I am solo in the booth [ 🙁 ], but that just means you get to hear more of my yap! In today’s episode, I discuss the Book of Ruth, but with a sort of twist. I didn’t pick verses out of any random KJV Bible, but instead I have The...

Book Nook Ep 4: The Midterm Blues

Hey, y’all! This episode is a lil disorganized since it’s midterm week here at Hendrix, so I haven’t had time to really delve into any books and pull quotes. Nevertheless, I found some folk who were willing to talk books and that’s what we got!...

Book Nook ep 3: Martial

Hello, Everyone! Welcome back to the 3rd episode of the Book Nook! Today we are discussing Roman poetry with freshman student Jordon Olson, host of The Morning every day from 630AM-8AM. Martial is an interesting figure to me as he seems conservative as an aristocrat,...

Book Nook ep2: The Odyssey

Welcome back to today’s episode of the Book Nook! Today Kennedy and I discussed Homer’s Odyssey. It’s a great book, possibly the best in my opinion, since it serves as the base for so much of our modern literature with themes such as traveling back...